Roll Call

January 20, 2008|SOURCE: Roll Call Report Syndicate

Roll Call Report Syndicate

INFORMATIONAL BOX:

Some of last week's key votes

in Congress.

Yes: Y, No: N , Not voting: X

HOUSE VOTES

2008 DEFENSE BUDGET : Members approved, 369-46, a $649 billion defense budget for fiscal 2008. The bill replaces a version vetoed by President Bush over language subjecting today's Iraqi government to suits based on acts by Saddam Hussein. A yes vote was to send HR 4986 to the Senate.

Name City Vote

L. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

M. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

Hastings D-Miramar Y

Klein D-Boca Raton Y

Mahoney D-P.B. Gardens Y

Meek D-Miami Y

Ros-Lehtinen R-Miami Y

Wasserman Schultz D-Weston Y

Wexler D-Delray Beach Y

MINING SAFETY : Members passed, 214-199, a bill to impose new health and safety rules on U.S. mine operators. The bill also would start a study on whether to begin federal licensing of mines and set the stage for possible drug and alcohol testing of miners.

A yes vote backed HR 2768.

Name City Vote

L. Diaz-Balart R-Miami N

M. Diaz-Balart R-Miami N

Hastings D-Miramar Y

Klein D-Boca Raton Y

Mahoney D-P.B. Gardens Y

Meek D-Miami Y

Ros-Lehtinen R-Miami N

Wasserman Schultz D-Weston Y

Wexler D-Delray Beach Y

MINERS' DRUG TESTING : Members defeated, 197-217, a Republican proposal for mandatory drug and alcohol testing of miners. The testing would have begun within 180 days of enactment of HR 2768 (above). A yes vote backed the Republican proposal.

Name City Vote

L. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

M. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

Hastings D-Miramar N

Klein D-Boca Raton N

Mahoney D-P.B. Gardens N

Meek D-Miami N

Ros-Lehtinen R-Miami Y

Wasserman Schultz D-Weston N

Wexler D-Delray Beach N

REPUBLICAN MINING BILL : Members defeated, 188-229, a Republican attempt to strip HR 2768 (above) of its sweeping new regulations on the U.S. mining industry. A yes vote backed a measure that also sought to require studies to improve the safety of new deep-mining and pillar-removal techniques.

Name City Vote

L. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

M. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

Hastings D-Miramar N

Klein D-Boca Raton N

Mahoney D-P.B. Gardens N

Meek D-Miami N

Ros-Lehtinen R-Miami Y

Wasserman Schultz D-Weston N

Wexler D-Delray Beach N

PUBLIC HOUSING : Members voted, 271-130, to extend the HOPE VI public housing program through 2015 at a cost of $800 million annually. The program funds efforts by local housing authorities; those efforts include rehabilitating units and helping tenants move to private housing. A yes vote backed HR 3524.

Name City Vote

L. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

M. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

Hastings D-Miramar Y

Klein D-Boca Raton Y

Mahoney D-P.B. Gardens Y

Meek D-Miami Y

Ros-Lehtinen R-Miami Y

Wasserman Schultz D-Weston Y

Wexler D-Delray Beach Y

HOUSING DEMOLITION : Members refused, 186-221, to strip HR 3524 (previous) of its requirement that each demolished unit of public housing be replaced by one new unit. A yes vote backed an amendment that sought to remove the bill's ban on demolition-only grants under the HOPE VI program.

Name City Vote

L. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

M. Diaz-Balart R-Miami Y

Hastings D-Miramar N

Klein D-Boca Raton N

Mahoney D-P.B. Gardens N

Meek D-Miami N

Ros-Lehtinen R-Miami Y

Wasserman Schultz D-Weston N

Wexler D-Delray Beach N

LOOKING AHEAD

This week, the House will vote on President Bush's veto of a bill written to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), while the Senate will debate changes in the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).